Maybe I'm missing something in your post but isn't your solution simply to
give the 'full' honey super(s) directly into your hive(s) anyplace above
brood?  Perhaps you have something different you're trying to accomplish?
If you're trying to transfer frame honey directly into your hives it doesn't
make much sense to lose half from energy consumed by bees while robbing.

Or is your concern the extra honey is in 'super' form (assuming ~7" vs. deep
~9"?) & you're not sure how to exchange?

You could place the supers above the inner cover but I doubt they'll rob
them out in a timely fashion considering your rapid climate change in Ohio.
Bees consider anything 'in' the hive as 'theirs' and likely won't spend the
effort to bring honey down in even 1/10'th the speed they would if left
outside the hive.

Use the 'super' as a brood box/feed for overwintering.  Move the box to the
bottom board next spring & back to the top next summer.
Or save the supers until Feb/March and throw them above the inner cover for
spring feed.
Or you could simply place the supers BELOW the hive and the bees would
likely consume this honey first this fall/winter.

In Ohio (like here in Colorado) you only have a month or two of decent
weather for bees to feed without risk of getting 'caught' outside the
cluster during a frost - & would plan accordingly with methods used above
the inner cover.

Regards,
Matthew - E-Bees - Castle Rock, CO
----- Original Message -----
From: "OhioBeeFarmer" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:29 AM
Subject: [BEE-L] Feeding back


>  I now have 6 full super full of honey although all the super are capped
and just stuffed with >honey I don't want to package this for my customers.
I want to feed this back to the bees and >have tried in the past to put
excess honey over the inner cover so that the bees would take it

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